I think the point is that every decade or so someone comes out with a new wrapper for the build systems that are wrapping the build systems that are wrapping ma

I think the point is that every decade or so someone comes out with a new wrapper for the build systems that are wrapping the build systems that are wrapping make. And the developer inevitably makes something that works great for their specific usage of Make/CMake etc in the specific programming niche they occupy. Gradually over the coming decade the build system they created becomes more and more complex as it addresses more and more use cases until it begins to resemble autotools. At that point, someone comes out with a new wrapper and the whole process repeats itself.